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  • FINELY PRINTED FOLIO IN MAGNIFICENT MOROCCO AND TREE CALF
    Libri Quatuor de Imitatione Christi. by A KEMPIS
    A KEMPIS
    Libri Quatuor de Imitatione Christi.

    Paris: Didot Junior, Typographiae Fratris Regis, 1788. Tree Calf with morocco spine, 13 1/2 inches tall. A magnificent and most unusual French 18th century binding with a straight grain morocco binding with two green calf labels and wonderful gilt floral tooling. A superb gilt vine roll frames the boards. Lovely printed bookseller's ticket on the paste down end paper. Engraved title page and frontispiece. Pristine condition. In the original Latin. Since its first printing in 1471-2, 'The Imitation of Christ' has remained one of the most enduring and popular of all Christian devotional works.

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  • RARITY IN FABULOUS FULL SPANISH CALF
    Oficio de la Semana Santa. (Texts for the Holy week Masses). by OFICIO.
    OFICIO.
    Oficio de la Semana Santa. (Texts for the Holy week Masses).

    Madrid: En la Imprenta del Norte, 1815. 10 volume set, bound in 6, 9 3/4 inches tall. A fabulous early 19th century Spanish full calf with twin red labels and Grecian urn centre tools on a smooth back. A splendid wide gilt roll frames the boards. Speckled blue edges and remarkable endpapers. This style of staining calf in such an extraordinary and attractive style became very popular with the finest English book binders towards the end of the Victorian era and well into the Edwardian. See our examples by Leighton, Tout and White. This fine edition, with the text in very large type in Spanish and Latin, is extremely scarce with only one other set located by Palau 199404…

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    Madrid: En la Imprenta del Norte, 1815. 10 volume set, bound in 6, 9 3/4 inches tall. A fabulous early 19th century Spanish full calf with twin red labels and Grecian urn centre tools on a smooth back. A splendid wide gilt roll frames the boards. Speckled blue edges and remarkable endpapers. This style of staining calf in such an extraordinary and attractive style became very popular with the finest English book binders towards the end of the Victorian era and well into the Edwardian. See our examples by Leighton, Tout and White. This fine edition, with the text in very large type in Spanish and Latin, is extremely scarce with only one other set located by Palau 199404 and OCLC in the Spanish National Library. A partial set is in the Saxon State Library in Dresden and a few parts are found in an Italian library. On the first blank is found an old Barcelona bookseller's ticket. In pristine condition.

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  • REMARKABLE AND BEAUTIFULLY BOUND STRAIGHT GRAIN MOROCCO
    The Book of Common Prayer. by PRAYER
    PRAYER
    The Book of Common Prayer.

    Oxford, The Clarendon Press: Bensley, Cooke, 1816. Full morocco, 12 1/2 inches tall. A magnificent and remarkable Regency full straight grain morocco with gilt raised bands,and extraordinary gilt tooling to the panels. The boards have a wonderful gilt block of The Church of St. Martin in the Fields on Trafalgar Square and one of the most famous churches in London. This view of St. Martin in the Fields is set within a gilt and blind lozenge, itself within a spectacular gilt border with the repeated corner tool found on the spine. Wide gilt dentelles frame a leather bookplate on which a dedication to the 'Gentlemen of the Vestry' is on the inside of the upper board. A similar bookplate…

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    Oxford, The Clarendon Press: Bensley, Cooke, 1816. Full morocco, 12 1/2 inches tall. A magnificent and remarkable Regency full straight grain morocco with gilt raised bands,and extraordinary gilt tooling to the panels. The boards have a wonderful gilt block of The Church of St. Martin in the Fields on Trafalgar Square and one of the most famous churches in London. This view of St. Martin in the Fields is set within a gilt and blind lozenge, itself within a spectacular gilt border with the repeated corner tool found on the spine. Wide gilt dentelles frame a leather bookplate on which a dedication to the 'Gentlemen of the Vestry' is on the inside of the upper board. A similar bookplate on the inside of the lower board is dedicated to the Revd. Josh. Holden Potts. All edges gilt. There is some rubbing some scuffing, in particular at the head of the top panel and a few minor ink stains. In general this beautiful Book of Common Prayer is in excellent condition.

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  • SCARCE WORK IN SPLENDID FULL 18TH CENTURY CALF
    Monasticon Hibernicum; or, An History of the Abbies, Priories, and other Religious Houses in Ireland. by ARCHDALL, Mervyn
    ARCHDALL, Mervyn
    Monasticon Hibernicum; or, An History of the Abbies, Priories, and other Religious Houses in Ireland.

    London: Robinson, 1786. Full calf, 10 1/2 inches tall. A splendid copy of this scarce work with the elaborate bookplate of the Earls of Londonderry at Wynyard Park in full 18th century calf with gilt bands in the Etruscan key style, red label and blue edges. Complete with folding map and 18 plates. A remarkable volume with splendid provenance.

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  • STUNNING FULL BLIND TOOLED MOROCCO
    Le Livre d'Heures de la Reine Anne de Bretagne. by BRETAGNE, Anne de
    BRETAGNE, Anne de
    Le Livre d'Heures de la Reine Anne de Bretagne.

    Paris: L. Curmer, 1861. Full morocco, 13.25 inches tall. An extraordinary binding by Riviere with gilt titles to the spine and both boards and extraordinary blind tooling to the panels, boards and doublures. Vellum endpapers. All edges gilt. This is the text volume, red ruled throughout, and is offered WITHOUT the Plates. In 'Fine and Historic Bookbindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library', published in 1992 a very similar binding is described and illustrated (page 222, item 14:5). It is described as 'a Pastiche of a 16th Century Panel-Stamped Binding by Riviere and Son, c.1881'.

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  • MAGNIFICENT FULL MOROCCO BY MACKENZIE BINDER TO THE KING
    The History of The Reformation of The Church of England. by BURNET, Gilbert
    BURNET, Gilbert
    The History of The Reformation of The Church of England.

    Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1816. 3 volume set, bound in 6, 10 inches tall. A magnificent Georgian binding in full crushed morocco by J. Mackenzie Bookbinder to the King with raised bands and superb extra gilt tooling to the panels. A smart series of gilt fillets frame the boards. Gilt dentelles on the unusually deep squares. With the armorial bookplate of Joseph Neeld. The binding which almost glows, and text are in pristine condition. A splendid set of this great seventeenth century history in defence of Henry VIII's reformation of the English Church and destruction of the monasteries.

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  • FINE PRINTING IN MAGNIFICENT FULL MOROCCO BY CATHERALL & PRITCHARD
    The Book of Common Prayer noted by John Merbecke. by PRAYER. (MERBECKE, John)
    PRAYER. (MERBECKE, John)
    The Book of Common Prayer noted by John Merbecke.

    London: William Pickering, 1844. Full morocco, 9 1/2 inches tall. An extraordinary and magnificent full hard grain morocco by Catherall & Pritchard with gilt raised bands, ornate gilt tooling to the panels and boards, gilt dentelles and all edges gauffered. Unpaginated, including facsimile title page and colophon of Richard Grafton (1550), printed in red and black throughout. Ornamental initials and woodcut headbands and musical notations. Light foxing. From the library, and with the bookplate of, R.H.L.-C. de Beaumont.

    A reprint of a volume of selections from the 'Book of Common Prayer' as set to music by John Marbecke (or Merbecke). First printed in 1550 by Richard Grafton, and here reprinted by Charles Whittingham at the Chiswick Press.

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  • VERY SCARCE COMPLETE SET OF MONASTIC RULES IN FULL VELLUM
    Codex Regularum by HOLSTENIUS, Lucas (Lucae Holstenii). Benedict of Aniane.
    HOLSTENIUS, Lucas (Lucae Holstenii). Benedict of Aniane.
    Codex Regularum

    Augsburg (Augustae Vindelicorum): Sumptibus ignatii adami & Francisci Antonii Veith, 1759. 6 volume set, 14.5 inches tall. Full vellum, dating from the middle of the 18th century with gilt tooled labels and unusual pink and green edges. The Codex Regularum, created in Aachen in 817, was designed by Benedict to restore the strict observation of monastic life which had been relaxed over recent centuries. Complete sets in contemporary bindings are scarce. There is some scuffing and staining to the vellum, in particular at the tails of each volume but there is no splitting and the bindings are in excellent condition. 2 bookplates. In the original Latin.

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  • FINE SET IN FULL VELLUM GILT
    History of Latin Christianity. by MILMAN, Henry Hart
    MILMAN, Henry Hart
    History of Latin Christianity.

    London: John Murray, 1872. 9 volume set, 7 inches tall. A splendid full vellum bound set of this classic work with raised bands, fine gilt tooled panels and twin labels, double gilt fillets frame the gilt embossed crest of the Hulme Bequest on the boards. Pink edges. Some marks to the bindings and foxing confined to the preliminaries. A handsome set of the greatest work of this English historian and ecclesiastic.

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  • FINE SET IN REGENCY SPECKLED CALF
    Ecclesiastical Biography; or Lives of Eminent Men, connected with the History of Religion in England. by WORDSWORTH, Christopher
    WORDSWORTH, Christopher
    Ecclesiastical Biography; or Lives of Eminent Men, connected with the History of Religion in England.

    London: Rivington, 1818. 6 volume set, 8 1/2 inches tall. An elegant Regency full speckled calf in pristine condition with a flat back, gilt raised bands and ornate gilt tooling to the panels. Pink speckled edges.

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  • ELZEVIR EDITION IN BEAUTIFUL FULL MOROCCO
    De Imitatione Christi. (The Imitation of Christ). by À KEMPIS, Thomas
    À KEMPIS, Thomas
    De Imitatione Christi. (The Imitation of Christ).

    Leyden: Elzevir, 1658. Full morocco, 5 1/4 inches tall. A beautiful binding with gilt raised bands, delicate gilt tooling to the panels, triple fillet framing the boards and gilt dentelles and all edges. A tiny ink inscription on the reverse of the free endpaper. With the bookplate of Geoffrey Aspin who attributes the binding to Masson-Debonelle. A superb little Elzevir edition in excellent condition. In Latin.

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  • CELEBRATED EDITION IN GLORIOUS FULL MOROCCO
    Colloquia cum Notis Selectis Variorum. Addito Indice Novo by ERASMUS (Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus)
    ERASMUS (Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus)
    Colloquia cum Notis Selectis Variorum. Addito Indice Novo

    Delft et Leiden: Beman et Samuel Luchtmans, 1729. Full morocco, 8.5 inches tall. A glorious binding by Clarke & Bedford with gilt raised bands, superb gilt tooling around a pomegranate centre tool, dentelles quadruple gilt fillet framing the boards. All edges gilt over marble. Engraved frontispiece and title page. A superb copy of these dialogues on many and various subjects, hugely influential on Christian Humanists, by the greatest scholar of the northern Renaissance. In the original Latin.

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  • FINE PRINTING IN SUPERB FULL CRUSHED MOROCCO
    (Of the Imitation of Christ). by À KEMPIS
    À KEMPIS
    (Of the Imitation of Christ).

    London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1902. Full morocco, 6 1/2 inches tall. A superb full crushed morocco with raised bands, simple, yet very pleasing, geometric gilt tooling to the panels and boards. With gilt dentelles and all edges. Beautifully printed by Humphreys on handmade paper. A wonderful edition of this great devotional work.

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  • BEAUTIFUL FULL STRAIGHT GRAIN CALF
    Les Moeurs des Chrestiens. (Bound together with) Les Moeurs des Israelites. by FLEURY, M.
    FLEURY, M.
    Les Moeurs des Chrestiens. (Bound together with) Les Moeurs des Israelites.

    La Haye (The Hague): Adrian Moetjens, 1682. 2 volumes bound in 1, 5.5 inches tall. A beautiful late 19th century full straight grain calf with raised bands, extra gilt panels and very fine and ornate gilt tooling to the boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. Watered silk doublures and free endpapers. From the Robert J. Hayhurst collection. In the original French.

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  • DELIGHTFUL FULL HARD GRAIN MOROCCO
    The Imitation of Christ. by À KEMPIS
    À KEMPIS
    The Imitation of Christ.

    Glasgow: William Collins, 1841. Full morocco, 7 inches tall. A lovely bright hard grain morocco for Hatchards with raised bands, and very fine gilt tooling to the panels and boards. There is a neat ink on the free endpaper 'Mary Cornelia S(?) from dear Lady Corbet. 1846'. M.C.S. has her initials and coronet on the upper board. Gauffered edges. Slight foxing to the preliminaries, then clean. A fine copy.

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  • SCARCE LIMITED EDITION IN SUPERB MOROCCO BINDING
    Le Talmud. by DEUTCH, Emanuel. BAUDAUNAS, Théophile (translated into French by).
    DEUTCH, Emanuel. BAUDAUNAS, Théophile (translated into French by).
    Le Talmud.

    London: At the Chiswick Press for the Paris Académie Des Bibliophiles, 1868. Full morocco, 8 inches tall. A superb full straight grain morocco with gilt raised bands and very fine and rich gilt tooling to the panels and boards. With gilt dentelles and all edges. Slightly rubbed at the head and with a little staining to the upper board. This example is number 98 of 265 copies. This is a study of the Talmud by Deutch who came from Berlin, but worked in the department of oriental manuscripts at the British Museum.

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  • A SCARCE WORK IN A FINE HALF REGENCY CALF
    A Summary of the History of the English Church, and of the Sects which have Departed from its Communion. by GRANT, Johnson
    GRANT, Johnson
    A Summary of the History of the English Church, and of the Sects which have Departed from its Communion.

    London: Hatchard, 1811 & 1814. 2 volumes, 9 inches tall. A fine Regency half calf with gilt bands and curious gilt centre tools. With the splendid martial Stewart bookplate. At the head of the title page is a neat ink inscription: 'The Gift of a Friend' the the signature of Lord Stewart trimmed in half by the bookbinder! From the library of Charles William Vane (formerly Stewart), third Marquess of Londonderry. Vane served with distinction throughout the Peninsula War. His dashing and dandified portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence is at the National Portrait Gallery. He amassed magnificent libraries in his various Country Houses. This is the very scarce first printing of the first 2 volumes, as called for on…

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    London: Hatchard, 1811 & 1814. 2 volumes, 9 inches tall. A fine Regency half calf with gilt bands and curious gilt centre tools. With the splendid martial Stewart bookplate. At the head of the title page is a neat ink inscription: 'The Gift of a Friend' the the signature of Lord Stewart trimmed in half by the bookbinder! From the library of Charles William Vane (formerly Stewart), third Marquess of Londonderry. Vane served with distinction throughout the Peninsula War. His dashing and dandified portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence is at the National Portrait Gallery. He amassed magnificent libraries in his various Country Houses. This is the very scarce first printing of the first 2 volumes, as called for on the title page. A further 2 volumes were printed many years later.

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  • GREAT NATURAL THEOLOGIAN IN EARLY VICTORIAN FULL CALF
    The Works of William Paley. by PALEY, William
    PALEY, William
    The Works of William Paley.

    London: George Cowie, 1837. 5 volume set, 9 inches tall. A most attractive early Victorian full calf with gilt raised bands, twin labels and elegantly gilt tooled panels. A single gilt fillet frames the boards. There is a neat contemporary ink previous owner's name on the reverse of the paste down end paper. Portrait. Slight rubbing. A bookplate has been removed from the rear paste down end papers. A fine set of the works of this great English theologian and philosopher best known for his exposition of natural theology.

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  • SCARCE TITLE IN CLASSIC VICTORIAN FULL CALF
    The Book of Psalms. by PEROWNE, John James Stewart
    PEROWNE, John James Stewart
    The Book of Psalms.

    London: George Bell & Sons 1878. 2 volume set, 8 3/4 inches tall. A neat Victorian full calf binding by Hatchards with gilt raised bands, twin labels and delicate gilt tooling to the panels. A gilt prize block is framed on the upper boards by gilt and blind fillets. Prize bookplate. A very fine copy of the revised 4th edition.

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  • RARE TITLE IN PRISTINE WILLIAM IV DICED BLUE CALF
    The Sabbath Harp, A Selection of Sacred Poetry. by EAST, I
    EAST, I
    The Sabbath Harp, A Selection of Sacred Poetry.

    Bristol: W. Richardson, 1828. Full blue calf, 5 1/2 inches tall. A delightful William IV diced calf on a very scarce title, we could only locate 2 examples of any edition in institutions. This copy is in remarkable condition with gilt raised bands, blind centre tool framed with gilt corner tools and a darker blue label. The dicing on the boards is framed within an ornate little gilt fillet. Bristol imprint. With the neat ink inscription "Mary Ann Marks. Aug. 1828 á Jesse" on the second blank. A little foxing on the engraved title page, otherwise clean. Some neat pencil underlining and highlighting.

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